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Treatment of Severe Genu Valgum Deformity Secondary to Renal Osteodystrophy by Medial Close Wedge Osteotomy using an Innovative Trigonometric Technique of Wedge Calculation

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Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics | Vol 8 | Issue 2 |  Jul-Dec 2023 | page: 85-87 | Vaibhav Sahu, Gaurav Garg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13107/jcorth.2023.v08i02.612

Author: Vaibhav Sahu [1], Gaurav Garg [1]

[1] Department of Orthopedics, ESI-PGIMSR, New Delhi, India

Address of Correspondence

Dr. Gaurav Garg,

Department of Orthopedics, ESI-PGIMSR, New Delhi – 110 015, India.

E-mail: gauravgarg9999@gmail.com

Abstract

Genu valgum is one of the most common deformity of the knee in which the knee bend toward the midline with increase in the intermalleolar distance. It is often treated surgically with the osteotomy or by growth modulation techniques such as hemiepiphysiodesis using bone staplers. We, hereby, present a case of 16-year-old female with severe genu valgum deformity of bilateral lower limbs secondary to renal osteodystrophy causing pain in her bilateral lower limbs and inability to walk. She was treated by McEwan’s close wedge osteotomy using an innovative trigonometric-based technique for calculation of wedge size which resulted in accurate correction of deformity.
Keywords: Genu valgum, Renal osteodystrophy, Medial close wedge osteotomy, Trigonometric method of wedge calculation.

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How to Cite this article: Sahu V, Garg G. Treatment of Severe Genu Valgum Deformity Secondary to Renal Osteodystrophy by Medial Close Wedge Osteotomy using an Innovative Trigonometric Technique of Wedge Calculation. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics Jul-Dec 2023;8(2):85-87.

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Trends in Guided Growth for Correction of Angular Deformities around the Knee: Past, Present, and Future

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Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics | Vol 8 | Issue 2 |  Jul-Dec 2023 | page: 57-61 | Swapnil M. Keny

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13107/jcorth.2023.v08i02.600

Authors: Swapnil M. Keny [1, 2]

[1] Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Sir H.N. Reliance and Apollo Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
[2] Department of Orthopaedics, K.B. Bhabha Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Address of Correspondence
Dr. Swapnil M. Keny,
Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Sir H.N. Reliance and Apollo Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India;
Department of Orthopaedics, K.B. Bhabha Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: peadortho@gmail.com

Abstract

The principles of guided growth have been followed in orthopaedics since historic times . The bent tree braced to a stake to make it grow upward and straight is the first reference to the principles of growth modulation in the annals of orthopaedic history
Keywords: Guided Growth, Epiphysiodesis, Hemiepiphysiodesis, growth modulation, eight plates, genu varum, genu valgum, deformity correction, pediatric orthopaedics, growth plate

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How to Cite this article: Keny SM. Trends in Guided Growth for Correction of Angular Deformities around the Knee: Past, Present, and Future. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics 2023;8(2):57-61.

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